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Actor
- LTD Benefits from MetLife Reinstated for Entertainment Star Living with Comorbid Conditions
  Dabdoub Law Firm and our team of long term disability lawyers recently had the honor of representing a well-known entertainment star, whose identity ...
Administrative Assistant
- Disabled From Your Job as an Administrative Assistant
  Typically, administrative assistants receive their coverage through their employment. These “group policies” mostly fall under the Employee Retirement ...
Aetna
- Definition of Occupation in Your Long Term Disability Insurance Policy
  The definition of occupation in your long term disability insurance policy seems like it would be a simple one. But it is not. A recent case out of ...
Alabama
- Alabama Court Grants Discovery into Hartford's Conflict of Interest in Lawsuit for Disability Benefits
  An Alabama Court granted discovery into Hartford’s conflict of interest in an ERISA disability lawsuit . Ms. Stewart, a former Alabama attorney, ...
ALS
- Why Former NFL Players Deserve Benefits for Long-Term Disabilities
  Recent studies have proven that there is a substantial link between head injuries sustained while playing in the NFL and long-term damage. In 2016, ...
Alzheimer's Disease
- Why Former NFL Players Deserve Benefits for Long-Term Disabilities
  Recent studies have proven that there is a substantial link between head injuries sustained while playing in the NFL and long-term damage. In 2016, ...
Ameritas Life Insurance
- Registered Nurse Comes to Dabdoub Law Firm for Disability Claim Help After Decades of Work
  Dabdoub Law Firm recently had the chance to work with a long-term disability benefits claimant who happily worked as a certified registered nurse ...
Amgen
- FDA Approves New Drug Designed to Prevent Migraines
  This month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first medicine designed to prevent migraines — Aimovig. Experts believe the new drug ...
Anemia
- Prudential Reinstates Benefits For Accountant Suffering Mental Illness
  Our client was a certified public accountant (CPA) and an owner of an accounting firm. Due to the untimely death of her child, she suffered from a ...
Anisometropia
- Ohio District Court Reverses Unum's Denial of LTD Benefits Based on a Pre-Existing Condition of Anisometropia
  An Ohio District Court Reverses Unum’s denial of LTD Benefits based on the pre-existing condition provision in the Policy. Ms. Hines filed for ...
Anxiety
- North Carolina Court Finds Liberty's Decision to Terminate Financial Analyst's Long-Term Disability Benefits Wrong and Unreasonable
  An North Carolina District court found that Liberty’s decision in terminating a woman’s long-term disability benefits was wrong and unreasonable. ...
Arizona
- Working While Disabled Does Not Disprove Your Disability
  Working while disabled does not mean you are not disabled. There are a number of reasons why someone may continue working even though they are ...
Atlanta
- Former NFL Player Wins Disability Case with Dabdoub Law Firm's Representation
  Dabdoub Law Firm and our client Darryl Ashmore, a former National Football League (NFL) player , have secured a monumental win in federal court. ...
Attorney
- Alabama Court Grants Discovery into Hartford's Conflict of Interest in Lawsuit for Disability Benefits
  An Alabama Court granted discovery into Hartford’s conflict of interest in an ERISA disability lawsuit . Ms. Stewart, a former Alabama attorney, ...
Back Pain
- Long Term Disability Benefits Granted to American Airline Pilots are Inadequate
  In order to fly an aircraft, a pilot must showcase incredible skill and robust health to obtain and keep certification. However, with a long term ...
Bilateral Optic Nerve Drusen
- Aetna Loses in Oklahoma Court for Failure to Consider Reliable Evidence
  Aetna lost in a Oklahoma Court for failure to consider reliable evidence and ignored the treating physicians opinions. The claimant, Ms. Redden, filed ...
Bipolar
- North Carolina Court Finds Liberty's Decision to Terminate Financial Analyst's Long-Term Disability Benefits Wrong and Unreasonable
  An North Carolina District court found that Liberty’s decision in terminating a woman’s long-term disability benefits was wrong and unreasonable. ...
Blurred Vision
- Ohio District Court Reverses Unum's Denial of LTD Benefits Based on a Pre-Existing Condition of Anisometropia
  An Ohio District Court Reverses Unum’s denial of LTD Benefits based on the pre-existing condition provision in the Policy. Ms. Hines filed for ...
Boston
- Illinois Court Reverses Liberty Mutual Termination For Benefits Due To Chronic Pain
  Insurance companies generally have the law on their side when it comes to termination for benefits in disability cases governed by a federal statute ...
Brachial Plexus
- Florida District Court Finds Reliance Standard Wrong in Denying OB/GYN's Long-Term Disability Benefits
  A Florida District Court held that Reliance Standard wrongfully denied an OB/GYN’s long-term disability benefits for a claimant suffering from chronic ...
Brain Injuries
- Former USC Footballer Kevin Ellison Dies Suddenly, Brain Injury Suspected as Cause
  While taking a walk in South California, former USC and San Diego Chargers footballer Kevin Ellison suddenly collapsed and died. It is not known at ...
Bypass
- A Utah Trial Attorney's LTD was Denied by Unum After Having Post-Op Chronic Chest Pains
  A Utah court found that Unum wrongly terminated a former trial attorney’s ERISA group disability claim based on chronic chest pain post-quadruple ...
California
- California Court Rules Against Unum for Miscalculating Salesperson's Earnings
  A California Court rules against Unum for miscalculating a salesperson’s earnings after approving disability insurance benefits. A former sales ...
Cambridge
- Cambridge Psychiatrist Claims That Depression Is Caused By Brain Inflammation
  For nearly 40 years, there hasn’t been a major advancement in the treatments for depression. Antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake ...
Cancer
- California Court Finds United of Omaha Applied Wrong Standard When Denying Widow Her Late Husband's Disability Benefits from Liver Cancer
  A Court in California found United of Omaha applied the wrong standard when denying widow her late husband’s disability benefits. Matthew Lyttle was a ...
Cardiovascular Disease
- Standard Insurance Reverses Termination on Appeal for Heart Conditions
  Our firm filed an appeal with The Standard Insurance Company on behalf of our client for termination of long term disability benefits. The Standard ...
Carpal Tunnel
- Registered Nurse Comes to Dabdoub Law Firm for Disability Claim Help After Decades of Work
  Dabdoub Law Firm recently had the chance to work with a long-term disability benefits claimant who happily worked as a certified registered nurse ...
Cervical Radiculitis
- UNUM Approves Pharmacist's Long-Term Disability Appeal
  Our client worked as a pharmacist for almost 20 years before he ceased working due to chronic pain conditions such as disc herniations, severe ...
CFS/Fibromyalgia
- Washington Court Finds Paul Revere Life Insurance Company and Unum Life Insurance Company Wrong in Denying Long-Term Disability Benefits
  The U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington held that two defendants – Paul Revere Life Insurance Company and Unum Life Insurance Company – were ...
CGRP
- FDA Approves New Drug Designed to Prevent Migraines
  This month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first medicine designed to prevent migraines — Aimovig. Experts believe the new drug ...
Chronic Back Pain
- Financial Systems Analyst Receives Short Term & Long Term Benefits from Sun Life for Chronic Back Pain
  Our long term disability insurance attorneys of Dabdoub Law Firm are pleased to announce yet another case success for a client in need. Our client was ...
Chronic Cysts
- Sun Life Insurance Approves Disability Appeal for Physical and Mental Impairments
  We appealed the denial of our client’s disability insurance claim with Sun Life insurance company based on the insurance company’s inaccurate ...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Fatigue Syndromes Disability Claim With Liberty Mutual
  Fatigue Syndromes disability claims can be difficult to win. The two big fatigue syndromes are Chronic fatigue syndrome (“CFS”) and Fibromyalgia ...
Chronic Migraines
- Multiple Sclerosis Appeal Approved By CIGNA
  Our firm submitted a multiple sclerosis appeal letter to CIGNA on behalf of our client suffering from the underlying condition as well as chronic ...
Chronic Pain
- Dentist with Own Occupation Policy Fights for LTD Benefits
  Some long term disability benefits cases can get a little personal, but Dabdoub Law Firm always keeps things professional. When Reliance Standard ...
Chronic Seizures
- Sun Life denies claim for Florida car dealership manager who suffers from chronic seizures.
  Dabdoub Law Firm has successfully secured long term disability benefits in an unusually complicated case. Our client suffers from significant ...
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
- WSU Quarterback Who Committed Suicide at 21 Had Stage 1 CTE
  Tyler Hilinski, who was a Washington State University (WSU) quarterback, tragically committed suicide in January at the age of 21. Serious questions ...
CIGNA/ LINA
- New York Court Orders Cigna to Reinstate Producers Long-Term Disability Benefits of Producer Dealing with Chronic Pain
  A New York court ordered Cigna to reinstate New York Ms. Christine Thoma’s long-term disability (“LTD”) Benefits . The court found that the medical ...
Cirrhosis
- Reliance Standard Approved Long-Term Disability Appeal For Florida Client With Cognitive Impairments
  Reliance Standard approved a long-term disability appeal for a Florida client. Before his disability, our client worked as an Intelligence Training ...
Clubfeet
- Hartford Claim Approved for Clubbed Feet
  Our client suffered from clubbed feet since childhood. She spent more than 30 years working as a manager for a well-known grocery chain. This position ...
Cognitive Impairment
- Client Loses 10% of Functional Brain Mass, Yet CIGNA Denies LTD Benefits
  Blog: Dabdoub Law Firm and our long term disability attorneys have successfully stood up for the rights of another client in need. A Miami woman lost ...
CoInfections
- Lyme Disease CIGNA Disability Termination Reversed
  Dabdoub Law’s appeal on behalf of a client suffering from Lyme Disease and CoInfections resulted in a recent reversal of CIGNA’s decision to terminate ...
Colitis
- Prudential Reinstates Benefits For Accountant Suffering Mental Illness
  Our client was a certified public accountant (CPA) and an owner of an accounting firm. Due to the untimely death of her child, she suffered from a ...
Colorado
- Johnson v. Life Insurance Company of North America
  In this case, decided September 21, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado determined that the Life Insurance company of North ...
Comorbid Conditions
- LTD Benefits from MetLife Reinstated for Entertainment Star Living with Comorbid Conditions
  Dabdoub Law Firm and our team of long term disability lawyers recently had the honor of representing a well-known entertainment star, whose identity ...
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Claimant Wins Court Case
  Complex regional pain syndrome left a man disabled. His insurance company, Reliance Standard, terminated his benefits after two years. The claimant ...
Connective Tissue Disorder
- Registered Nurse Comes to Dabdoub Law Firm for Disability Claim Help After Decades of Work
  Dabdoub Law Firm recently had the chance to work with a long-term disability benefits claimant who happily worked as a certified registered nurse ...
CPA
- Prudential Reinstates Benefits For Accountant Suffering Mental Illness
  Our client was a certified public accountant (CPA) and an owner of an accounting firm. Due to the untimely death of her child, she suffered from a ...
Crohn's
- Prudential Reinstates Benefits For Accountant Suffering Mental Illness
  Our client was a certified public accountant (CPA) and an owner of an accounting firm. Due to the untimely death of her child, she suffered from a ...
CTE
- WSU Quarterback Who Committed Suicide at 21 Had Stage 1 CTE
  Tyler Hilinski, who was a Washington State University (WSU) quarterback, tragically committed suicide in January at the age of 21. Serious questions ...
Degenerative Disc Disease
- Miller v. PNC Financial Services, Inc. and PNC Financial Services Inc. and Affiliates Long Term Disability Plan
  On October 2, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued an opinion ruling in favor of Plaintiff, Wendy Miller, who was ...
Delaware
- Delaware Court Says MetLife Wrongly Terminated Disability Benefits for Person with CFS and Fibromyalgia
  A Delaware Court ruled that MetLife wrongly terminated disability benefits for someone suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (“CFS”) and ...
Depression
- North Carolina Court Finds Liberty's Decision to Terminate Financial Analyst's Long-Term Disability Benefits Wrong and Unreasonable
  An North Carolina District court found that Liberty’s decision in terminating a woman’s long-term disability benefits was wrong and unreasonable. ...
Dextrocurvature
- UNUM Approves Pharmacist's Long-Term Disability Appeal
  Our client worked as a pharmacist for almost 20 years before he ceased working due to chronic pain conditions such as disc herniations, severe ...
Diabetes
- Medical Conditions Qualifying as a Disability
  Whether you are applying for disability insurance benefits through your job or from the state or government, you'll need to meet certain criteria ...
Diabetic Neuropathy
- Washington District Court Finds Standard Wrongly Denied Network Technician's Disability Benefits
  A Washington District Court held Standard wrongly denied a Network Technician’s disability benefits. Under de novo review, the Court determined the ...
Doctor
- Court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rules New Jersey Doctor was Properly Classified as Interventional Radiologist for Disability Insurance Purposes
  In a recent case from the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the court determined that Unum had improperly classified the claimant, Dr. Kevin ...
Dyslexia
- Aetna Loses in Oklahoma Court for Failure to Consider Reliable Evidence
  Aetna lost in a Oklahoma Court for failure to consider reliable evidence and ignored the treating physicians opinions. The claimant, Ms. Redden, filed ...
Dysphonia
- CIGNA Reinstates Long-term Disability Benefits to Auto Claims Representative
  Our client suffered from multiple pain conditions as well as dysphonia. Dysphonia is a medical condition that causes difficulty in speaking due to a ...
EDS
- CIGNA Approves Disability Appeal for Client in Manassas, Virginia with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
  CIGNA Approves Disability Appeal for Client in Manassas, Virginia with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome CIGNA approved our appeal for a client in Manassas, ...
Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
- CIGNA Approves Disability Appeal for Client in Manassas, Virginia with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
  CIGNA Approves Disability Appeal for Client in Manassas, Virginia with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome CIGNA approved our appeal for a client in Manassas, ...
Emphysema
- Medical Conditions Qualifying as a Disability
  Whether you are applying for disability insurance benefits through your job or from the state or government, you'll need to meet certain criteria ...
Equinovarus
- Equinovarus Disability Approved By MetLife
  Equinovarus disability is a form of clubfeet, and is a rare birth defect that affects one in one thousand births. Our client filed a long term ...
Executive Manager
- Delaware Court Says MetLife Wrongly Terminated Disability Benefits for Person with CFS and Fibromyalgia
  A Delaware Court ruled that MetLife wrongly terminated disability benefits for someone suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (“CFS”) and ...
failed lumbar fusion
- Missouri Court Finds Lincoln Financial's Decision to Terminate Benefits for Nurse Practitioner Unreasonable
  A Missouri Court finds Lincoln Financial’s decision to terminate benefits was unreasonable. Lincoln ignored supporting evidence and relied on pieces ...
Fatigue
- CIGNA Denies Short-Term Benefits for Man Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions
  Dabdoub Law Firm and our disability benefits attorneys have successfully helped our client receive much-needed short-term disability benefits from ...
Fibromyalgia
- Dabdoub Law Firm Challenges LTD Benefits from CIGNA Denial on Behalf of Nurse in Houston, TX with Fibromyalgia
  Dabdoub Law Firm recently had the opportunity to represent a registered nurse ( RN ) who could no longer continue her employment due to a variety of ...
Financial Analyst
- North Carolina Court Finds Liberty's Decision to Terminate Financial Analyst's Long-Term Disability Benefits Wrong and Unreasonable
  An North Carolina District court found that Liberty’s decision in terminating a woman’s long-term disability benefits was wrong and unreasonable. ...
Financial Manager
- Financial Systems Analyst Receives Short Term & Long Term Benefits from Sun Life for Chronic Back Pain
  Our long term disability insurance attorneys of Dabdoub Law Firm are pleased to announce yet another case success for a client in need. Our client was ...
Florida
- Florida District Court Finds Reliance Standard Wrong in Denying OB/GYN's Long-Term Disability Benefits
  A Florida District Court held that Reliance Standard wrongfully denied an OB/GYN’s long-term disability benefits for a claimant suffering from chronic ...
Georgia
- Georgia Court Finds Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company Wrong in Terminating Long-Term Disability Benefits
  A U.S. District Court in Atlanta, Georgia, found Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company (“GGL”) was wrong in terminating the long-term disability ...
Glaucoma
- Diabetes Disability Claim Against Reliance Standard
  A diabetes disability claim with your insurance company can be hard to win. Our disability insurance attorneys recently handled an appeal based on ...
Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company
- Georgia Court Finds Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company Wrong in Terminating Long-Term Disability Benefits
  A U.S. District Court in Atlanta, Georgia, found Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company (“GGL”) was wrong in terminating the long-term disability ...
Guardian Life Insurance
- Successful Appeal Reinstates Client's Long-Term Disability Benefits After Wrongful Termination
  Dabdoub Law Firm is a team of long-term disability attorneys that can handle every part of a disability benefits claim , from filings and litigation ...
Hartford
- Alabama Court Grants Discovery into Hartford's Conflict of Interest in Lawsuit for Disability Benefits
  An Alabama Court granted discovery into Hartford’s conflict of interest in an ERISA disability lawsuit . Ms. Stewart, a former Alabama attorney, ...
Head Trauma
- I'm a Former NFL Player: Is My Claim Legitimate?
  While National Football League athletes supply an entertainment venue for millions of fans during the season, the truth is they are employees in an ...
Headaches
- MetLife Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits of Analyst in Seattle, WA
  A federal court held MetLife wrongly denied disability benefits of a former Bank of America quality analyst in Seattle, Washington . Thus, the court ...
Heart Attack
- A Utah Trial Attorney's LTD was Denied by Unum After Having Post-Op Chronic Chest Pains
  A Utah court found that Unum wrongly terminated a former trial attorney’s ERISA group disability claim based on chronic chest pain post-quadruple ...
Heart Conditions
- New Invisible Disabilities Video Helps Promote Understanding
  “Imagine being constantly and unfairly judged, labeled as lazy or anti-social, because people, including your family and friends, do not believe or ...
Hepatitis C
- Reliance Standard Approved Long-Term Disability Appeal For Florida Client With Cognitive Impairments
  Reliance Standard approved a long-term disability appeal for a Florida client. Before his disability, our client worked as an Intelligence Training ...
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Successful Appeal Reinstates Client's Long-Term Disability Benefits After Wrongful Termination
  Dabdoub Law Firm is a team of long-term disability attorneys that can handle every part of a disability benefits claim , from filings and litigation ...
HIV/AIDS
- Indianapolis Court Finds Reliance Standard Lawfully Terminated Long-Term Disability Benefits
  A Court in Indianapolis found Reliance Standard lawfully terminated long-term disability benefits after paying a man for more than five years. The ...
Houston
- Dabdoub Law Firm Challenges LTD Benefits from CIGNA Denial on Behalf of Nurse in Houston, TX with Fibromyalgia
  Dabdoub Law Firm recently had the opportunity to represent a registered nurse ( RN ) who could no longer continue her employment due to a variety of ...
Hysterectomy
- Duties Of A Registered Nurse Should Be Considered
  The classification and duties of a registered nurse are very important in a long term disability insurance claim. When a claim is filed by a ...
IBS
- Washington District Court Finds Against Reliance Standard in Nurse's Disability Lawsuit
  A Washington District Court ordered Reliance Standard to pay a nurse’s disability benefits, finding the insurance company was wrong when it concluded ...
Illinois
- Illinois Court Reverses Liberty Mutual Termination For Benefits Due To Chronic Pain
  Insurance companies generally have the law on their side when it comes to termination for benefits in disability cases governed by a federal statute ...
Indiana
- Indianapolis Court Finds Reliance Standard Lawfully Terminated Long-Term Disability Benefits
  A Court in Indianapolis found Reliance Standard lawfully terminated long-term disability benefits after paying a man for more than five years. The ...
Interventional Radiologist
- UNUM Applied Wrong Definition of Occupation for Interventional Radiologist in New Jersey
  UNUM misapplied the definition of occupation for an interventional radiologist in New Jersey which resulted in his benefits being terminated. He ...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Washington District Court Finds Against Reliance Standard in Nurse's Disability Lawsuit
  A Washington District Court ordered Reliance Standard to pay a nurse’s disability benefits, finding the insurance company was wrong when it concluded ...
Knee Pain
- Washington District Court Finds Standard Wrongly Denied Network Technician's Disability Benefits
  A Washington District Court held Standard wrongly denied a Network Technician’s disability benefits. Under de novo review, the Court determined the ...
Lawyer
- A Utah Trial Attorney's LTD was Denied by Unum After Having Post-Op Chronic Chest Pains
  A Utah court found that Unum wrongly terminated a former trial attorney’s ERISA group disability claim based on chronic chest pain post-quadruple ...
Lawyers
- Court Finds Louisiana Woman Suffering From Fibromyalgia Exhausted Her Appeals Before Filing A Lawsuit Against Unum
  A court in Louisiana found a woman properly exhausted her appeals before filing a lawsuit against Unum . Thus, the court found that Unum could not use ...
Liberty
- North Carolina Court Finds Liberty's Decision to Terminate Financial Analyst's Long-Term Disability Benefits Wrong and Unreasonable
  An North Carolina District court found that Liberty’s decision in terminating a woman’s long-term disability benefits was wrong and unreasonable. ...
Liberty Mutual
- Liberty Mutual Approves Disability Claim in Texas due to Stomach Cancer
  Liberty Mutual Approves Disability Claim in Texas due to Stomach Cancer Liberty Mutual approves a disability claim in Channelview, Texas due to ...
Life Insurance
- Fifth Circuit Reverses LINA Life Insurance Denial for Louisiana Beneficiary
  The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana recently reversed LINA’s (Cigna’s) denial of life insurance benefits for a woman whose ...
Life Insurance of North America
- Massachusetts Court Finds Emotional Distress not a Valid Claim Under ERISA
  A Massachusetts court found emotional distress is not a valid claim under ERISA. Pamela Weddle had been receiving long-term disability benefits for ...
LINA
- Massachusetts Court Finds Emotional Distress not a Valid Claim Under ERISA
  A Massachusetts court found emotional distress is not a valid claim under ERISA. Pamela Weddle had been receiving long-term disability benefits for ...
Lincoln
- Oklahoma District Court Finds Lincoln's Decision to Terminate Disability Benefits for Radiologic Technologist Was Wrong
  An Oklahoma court found that Lincoln was wrong in terminating a woman’s long-term disability benefits. Before her disability, Ms. Sharon Clark worked ...
Line/Plant Maintenance Technician
- Prudential Approves Florida Line/Plant Maintenance Tech's Disability Appeal Based on Chronic Pain
  Prudential approved long-term disability benefits for our client who lives in St. Cloud, Florida. A former line/plant maintenance technician, the ...
Liver Cancer
- California Court Finds United of Omaha Applied Wrong Standard When Denying Widow Her Late Husband's Disability Benefits from Liver Cancer
  A Court in California found United of Omaha applied the wrong standard when denying widow her late husband’s disability benefits. Matthew Lyttle was a ...
Long Term Disability
- Why Having a Supportive Doctor is Essential to Your Long-Term Disability Appeal
  Why Having a Supportive Doctor is Essential to Your Long-Term Disability Appeal How Poor Medical Support Can Impact Your Claim A letter from a doctor ...
Louisiana
- Court Finds Louisiana Woman Suffering From Fibromyalgia Exhausted Her Appeals Before Filing A Lawsuit Against Unum
  A court in Louisiana found a woman properly exhausted her appeals before filing a lawsuit against Unum . Thus, the court found that Unum could not use ...
Lupus
- Prudential Approves Florida Line/Plant Maintenance Tech's Disability Appeal Based on Chronic Pain
  Prudential approved long-term disability benefits for our client who lives in St. Cloud, Florida. A former line/plant maintenance technician, the ...
Lyme Disease
- New Invisible Disabilities Video Helps Promote Understanding
  “Imagine being constantly and unfairly judged, labeled as lazy or anti-social, because people, including your family and friends, do not believe or ...
Massachusetts
- Court in Massachusetts Found Aetna Wrongfully Applied the Pre-existing Condition Exclusion in Denying Long-Term Disability Benefits
  In an August 6, 2018 decision the District Court in Massachusetts determined that Aetna Life Insurance Company wrongfully denied Mr. John Lavery’s ...
ME
- David vs. Goliath: How Disability Insurance Companies Unfairly Contest Long Term Disability Claims, Particularly ME-CFS Claims, and What To Do About It
  It is often the case that people submitting claims for long-term disability benefits to disability insurance companies do so naively. The mistaken ...
Medical Technologist
- Aetna Inexplicably Terminates Benefits for Medical Technologist Patient with MS, Dabdoub Law Firm Intervenes
  Despite providing long term disability (LTD) benefits to our client for years based on his multiple sclerosis ( MS ) diagnosis, Aetna terminated those ...
Meniere's
- Diabetes Disability Claim Against Reliance Standard
  A diabetes disability claim with your insurance company can be hard to win. Our disability insurance attorneys recently handled an appeal based on ...
Mental Health
- UNUM Approves Disability Benefits for Mental Illness & Drug Addiction Client
  Some cases are far more complex than the average, but Dabdoub Law Firm still does not back down. Our disability insurance claims attorneys recently ...
MetLife
- MetLife Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits of Analyst in Seattle, WA
  A federal court held MetLife wrongly denied disability benefits of a former Bank of America quality analyst in Seattle, Washington . Thus, the court ...
Michigan
- Michigan Court Rules Orders Reliance Standard to Pay Past Due Disability Benefits, Attorney's Fees, and Costs
  A Michigan District Court ordered Reliance Standard to pay past due disability benefits, attorneys’ fees, and costs finding the insurance company was ...
Migraines
- Successful Appeal Reinstates Client's Long-Term Disability Benefits After Wrongful Termination
  Dabdoub Law Firm is a team of long-term disability attorneys that can handle every part of a disability benefits claim , from filings and litigation ...
Mississippi
- Court Finds Pattern of Bad Behavior by Reliance Standard in Denying Long-Term Disability Benefits.
  Finding a pattern of bad behavior by Reliance Standard in denying long term disability benefits, a court ordered the disability insurance company to ...
Missouri
- Missouri Court Finds Lincoln Financial's Decision to Terminate Benefits for Nurse Practitioner Unreasonable
  A Missouri Court finds Lincoln Financial’s decision to terminate benefits was unreasonable. Lincoln ignored supporting evidence and relied on pieces ...
MS
- Aetna Inexplicably Terminates Benefits for Medical Technologist Patient with MS, Dabdoub Law Firm Intervenes
  Despite providing long term disability (LTD) benefits to our client for years based on his multiple sclerosis ( MS ) diagnosis, Aetna terminated those ...
Muscular Dystrophy
- Medical Conditions Qualifying as a Disability
  Whether you are applying for disability insurance benefits through your job or from the state or government, you'll need to meet certain criteria ...
Nerve Root Scarring
- Missouri Court Finds Lincoln Financial's Decision to Terminate Benefits for Nurse Practitioner Unreasonable
  A Missouri Court finds Lincoln Financial’s decision to terminate benefits was unreasonable. Lincoln ignored supporting evidence and relied on pieces ...
Network Technician
- Washington District Court Finds Standard Wrongly Denied Network Technician's Disability Benefits
  A Washington District Court held Standard wrongly denied a Network Technician’s disability benefits. Under de novo review, the Court determined the ...
Neurocognitive Impairment
- Why Former NFL Players Deserve Benefits for Long-Term Disabilities
  Recent studies have proven that there is a substantial link between head injuries sustained while playing in the NFL and long-term damage. In 2016, ...
Neuropathic Pain
- A Utah Trial Attorney's LTD was Denied by Unum After Having Post-Op Chronic Chest Pains
  A Utah court found that Unum wrongly terminated a former trial attorney’s ERISA group disability claim based on chronic chest pain post-quadruple ...
Neuropathy
- Washington District Court Finds Standard Wrongly Denied Network Technician's Disability Benefits
  A Washington District Court held Standard wrongly denied a Network Technician’s disability benefits. Under de novo review, the Court determined the ...
New Jersey
- UNUM Applied Wrong Definition of Occupation for Interventional Radiologist in New Jersey
  UNUM misapplied the definition of occupation for an interventional radiologist in New Jersey which resulted in his benefits being terminated. He ...
New York
- New York Court Orders Cigna to Reinstate Producers Long-Term Disability Benefits of Producer Dealing with Chronic Pain
  A New York court ordered Cigna to reinstate New York Ms. Christine Thoma’s long-term disability (“LTD”) Benefits . The court found that the medical ...
NFL
- Former USC Footballer Kevin Ellison Dies Suddenly, Brain Injury Suspected as Cause
  While taking a walk in South California, former USC and San Diego Chargers footballer Kevin Ellison suddenly collapsed and died. It is not known at ...
NFL Concussion
- Former USC Footballer Kevin Ellison Dies Suddenly, Brain Injury Suspected as Cause
  While taking a walk in South California, former USC and San Diego Chargers footballer Kevin Ellison suddenly collapsed and died. It is not known at ...
North Carolina
- North Carolina Court Finds Liberty's Decision to Terminate Financial Analyst's Long-Term Disability Benefits Wrong and Unreasonable
  An North Carolina District court found that Liberty’s decision in terminating a woman’s long-term disability benefits was wrong and unreasonable. ...
Northwestern Mutual
- What is ERISA?
  What is ERISA? ERISA stands for the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). This federal statute was passed by Congress in 1974. ERISA ...
Nurse
- Missouri Court Finds Lincoln Financial's Decision to Terminate Benefits for Nurse Practitioner Unreasonable
  A Missouri Court finds Lincoln Financial’s decision to terminate benefits was unreasonable. Lincoln ignored supporting evidence and relied on pieces ...
OB/GYN
- Florida District Court Finds Reliance Standard Wrong in Denying OB/GYN's Long-Term Disability Benefits
  A Florida District Court held that Reliance Standard wrongfully denied an OB/GYN’s long-term disability benefits for a claimant suffering from chronic ...
Ohio
- Ohio District Court Reverses Unum's Denial of LTD Benefits Based on a Pre-Existing Condition of Anisometropia
  An Ohio District Court Reverses Unum’s denial of LTD Benefits based on the pre-existing condition provision in the Policy. Ms. Hines filed for ...
Oklahoma
- Oklahoma District Court Finds Lincoln's Decision to Terminate Disability Benefits for Radiologic Technologist Was Wrong
  An Oklahoma court found that Lincoln was wrong in terminating a woman’s long-term disability benefits. Before her disability, Ms. Sharon Clark worked ...
Optic Neuritis
- Multiple Sclerosis Appeal Approved By CIGNA
  Our firm submitted a multiple sclerosis appeal letter to CIGNA on behalf of our client suffering from the underlying condition as well as chronic ...
Oregon
- Oregon Court Found UNUM violated ERISA's full and fair review requirement
  An Oregon court recently found UNUM violated ERISA’s full and fair review requirement when it denied a claim for a new reason. ERISA’s full and fair ...
Osteoarthritis
- Oklahoma District Court Finds Lincoln's Decision to Terminate Disability Benefits for Radiologic Technologist Was Wrong
  An Oklahoma court found that Lincoln was wrong in terminating a woman’s long-term disability benefits. Before her disability, Ms. Sharon Clark worked ...
Osteoporosis
- UNUM Approves Pharmacist's Long-Term Disability Appeal
  Our client worked as a pharmacist for almost 20 years before he ceased working due to chronic pain conditions such as disc herniations, severe ...
Parkinson's
- Alabama Court Grants Discovery into Hartford's Conflict of Interest in Lawsuit for Disability Benefits
  An Alabama Court granted discovery into Hartford’s conflict of interest in an ERISA disability lawsuit . Ms. Stewart, a former Alabama attorney, ...
Paul Revere Insurance Company
- Washington Court Finds Paul Revere Life Insurance Company and Unum Life Insurance Company Wrong in Denying Long-Term Disability Benefits
  The U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington held that two defendants – Paul Revere Life Insurance Company and Unum Life Insurance Company – were ...
Physician
- UNUM Applied Wrong Definition of Occupation for Interventional Radiologist in New Jersey
  UNUM misapplied the definition of occupation for an interventional radiologist in New Jersey which resulted in his benefits being terminated. He ...
Physicians
- Own Occupation Disability Insurance for Physicians
  Own occupation disability insurance for physicians is often difficult to analyze. The insurance company will try to claim the doctor can still perform ...
Pilot
- Long Term Disability Benefits Granted to American Airline Pilots are Inadequate
  In order to fly an aircraft, a pilot must showcase incredible skill and robust health to obtain and keep certification. However, with a long term ...
Postpartum
- MetLife Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits of Analyst in Seattle, WA
  A federal court held MetLife wrongly denied disability benefits of a former Bank of America quality analyst in Seattle, Washington . Thus, the court ...
Preeclampsia
- Reliance Standard Insurance Loses Case After Wrongfully Denying Disability Benefits
  After enjoying a healthy start to her pregnancy, our client became insured through Reliance Standard. Unfortunately, after our client gave birth she ...
Pregnancy
- MetLife Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits of Analyst in Seattle, WA
  A federal court held MetLife wrongly denied disability benefits of a former Bank of America quality analyst in Seattle, Washington . Thus, the court ...
Principal Financial
- Principal Financial - Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Principal Financial approved our client’s claim for long-term disability benefits right away after we proved she can no longer work due to rheumatoid ...
Producer
- New York Court Orders Cigna to Reinstate Producers Long-Term Disability Benefits of Producer Dealing with Chronic Pain
  A New York court ordered Cigna to reinstate New York Ms. Christine Thoma’s long-term disability (“LTD”) Benefits . The court found that the medical ...
Prudential
- Prudential Approves Florida Line/Plant Maintenance Tech's Disability Appeal Based on Chronic Pain
  Prudential approved long-term disability benefits for our client who lives in St. Cloud, Florida. A former line/plant maintenance technician, the ...
PTSD
- MetLife Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits of Analyst in Seattle, WA
  A federal court held MetLife wrongly denied disability benefits of a former Bank of America quality analyst in Seattle, Washington . Thus, the court ...
Quality Analyst
- MetLife Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits of Analyst in Seattle, WA
  A federal court held MetLife wrongly denied disability benefits of a former Bank of America quality analyst in Seattle, Washington . Thus, the court ...
Radiculopathy
- Prudential Approves Florida Line/Plant Maintenance Tech's Disability Appeal Based on Chronic Pain
  Prudential approved long-term disability benefits for our client who lives in St. Cloud, Florida. A former line/plant maintenance technician, the ...
Radiologic Technologist
- Oklahoma District Court Finds Lincoln's Decision to Terminate Disability Benefits for Radiologic Technologist Was Wrong
  An Oklahoma court found that Lincoln was wrong in terminating a woman’s long-term disability benefits. Before her disability, Ms. Sharon Clark worked ...
Radiologist
- UNUM Applied Wrong Definition of Occupation for Interventional Radiologist in New Jersey
  UNUM misapplied the definition of occupation for an interventional radiologist in New Jersey which resulted in his benefits being terminated. He ...
Registered Nurse
- Registered Nurse Comes to Dabdoub Law Firm for Disability Claim Help After Decades of Work
  Dabdoub Law Firm recently had the chance to work with a long-term disability benefits claimant who happily worked as a certified registered nurse ...
Reliance
- Reliance Standard Insurance Loses Case After Wrongfully Denying Disability Benefits
  After enjoying a healthy start to her pregnancy, our client became insured through Reliance Standard. Unfortunately, after our client gave birth she ...
Reliance Standard
- Florida District Court Finds Reliance Standard Wrong in Denying OB/GYN's Long-Term Disability Benefits
  A Florida District Court held that Reliance Standard wrongfully denied an OB/GYN’s long-term disability benefits for a claimant suffering from chronic ...
Retinopathy
- Diabetes Disability Claim Against Reliance Standard
  A diabetes disability claim with your insurance company can be hard to win. Our disability insurance attorneys recently handled an appeal based on ...
Sales Rep
- California Court Rules Against Unum for Miscalculating Salesperson's Earnings
  A California Court rules against Unum for miscalculating a salesperson’s earnings after approving disability insurance benefits. A former sales ...
Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia Disability Exclusion - What Does It Include?
  Schizophrenia disability is one of the exceptions to the mental and nervous condition exclusion found in long term disability plans. However, what ...
Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia Disability Exclusion - What Does It Include?
  Schizophrenia disability is one of the exceptions to the mental and nervous condition exclusion found in long term disability plans. However, what ...
Scleroderma
- Hartford Long Term Disability Appeal in California Approved Based on Scleroderma
  The Hartford approved long-term disability benefits for our client who lives in Los Angeles, California. A former marketing executive, she was ...
Seattle
- MetLife Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits of Analyst in Seattle, WA
  A federal court held MetLife wrongly denied disability benefits of a former Bank of America quality analyst in Seattle, Washington . Thus, the court ...
Sedentary
- Sedentary Work Defined for ERISA Disability Cases
  Sedentary work was recently addressed in a court case decided in the California Court of Appeals. The Court gave a clear definition of sedentary work ...
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
- Aetna Loses in Oklahoma Court for Failure to Consider Reliable Evidence
  Aetna lost in a Oklahoma Court for failure to consider reliable evidence and ignored the treating physicians opinions. The claimant, Ms. Redden, filed ...
Shoulder Pain
- Washington District Court Finds Standard Wrongly Denied Network Technician's Disability Benefits
  A Washington District Court held Standard wrongly denied a Network Technician’s disability benefits. Under de novo review, the Court determined the ...
Sickle Cell
- Sickle Cell Disease Lincoln National LTD Termination Reversed
  Our client suffered from multiple, incurable medical conditions that caused chronic pain and limited range of motion. Some of her diagnoses included ...
Sickle Cell Disease
- Sickle Cell Disease Lincoln National LTD Termination Reversed
  Our client suffered from multiple, incurable medical conditions that caused chronic pain and limited range of motion. Some of her diagnoses included ...
Sleep Apnea
- Sun Life Insurance Approves Disability Appeal for Physical and Mental Impairments
  We appealed the denial of our client’s disability insurance claim with Sun Life insurance company based on the insurance company’s inaccurate ...
Soft Tissue Disorder
- MetLife Reverses Termination of Benefits For Car Accident Victim
  We represented our client in his appeal against MetLife’s termination of disability insurance benefits for injuries he suffered after a car accident. ...
Spinal Cord Ischemia
- Spinal Cord Ischemia Benefits Reinstated By Prudential
  Spinal cord ischemia is a difficult condition to live with. It is even more difficult to work with. We have successfully handled cases involving ...
Spondylolisthesis
- Missouri Court Finds Lincoln Financial's Decision to Terminate Benefits for Nurse Practitioner Unreasonable
  A Missouri Court finds Lincoln Financial’s decision to terminate benefits was unreasonable. Lincoln ignored supporting evidence and relied on pieces ...
SSA
- Washington Court Finds The Hartford Wrong in Terminating Benefits for Woman with Fibromyalgia
  In a recent court decision from Washington state, Reetz v. The Hartford Life and Accident Ins. Co., 2018 WL 934627 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 16, 2018), a ...
Stomach Cancer
- Liberty Mutual Approves Disability Claim in Texas due to Stomach Cancer
  Liberty Mutual Approves Disability Claim in Texas due to Stomach Cancer Liberty Mutual approves a disability claim in Channelview, Texas due to ...
Stroke
- Reliance Standard Insurance Loses Case After Wrongfully Denying Disability Benefits
  After enjoying a healthy start to her pregnancy, our client became insured through Reliance Standard. Unfortunately, after our client gave birth she ...
Sun Life
- Disability Analyst from New York with chronic pain is denied by Sun Life
  Another client is again able to rest as they deserve thanks to the efforts of our long term disability attorneys of Dabdoub Law Firm! Sun Life ...
Texas
- Liberty Mutual Approves Disability Claim in Texas due to Stomach Cancer
  Liberty Mutual Approves Disability Claim in Texas due to Stomach Cancer Liberty Mutual approves a disability claim in Channelview, Texas due to ...
The Standard
- Washington District Court Finds Standard Wrongly Denied Network Technician's Disability Benefits
  A Washington District Court held Standard wrongly denied a Network Technician’s disability benefits. Under de novo review, the Court determined the ...
Throat Cancer
- Principal Life Insurance Loses Case on Preexisting Condition Argument
  After being diagnosed with throat cancer, Mr. Langdon applied for both short term and long term disability benefits with Principal Life Insurance ...
Trial Attorney
- A Utah Trial Attorney's LTD was Denied by Unum After Having Post-Op Chronic Chest Pains
  A Utah court found that Unum wrongly terminated a former trial attorney’s ERISA group disability claim based on chronic chest pain post-quadruple ...
Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Johnson v. Life Insurance Company of North America
  In this case, decided September 21, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado determined that the Life Insurance company of North ...
Truck Driver
- Georgia Court Finds Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company Wrong in Terminating Long-Term Disability Benefits
  A U.S. District Court in Atlanta, Georgia, found Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company (“GGL”) was wrong in terminating the long-term disability ...
Type II Diabetes
- Washington District Court Finds Standard Wrongly Denied Network Technician's Disability Benefits
  A Washington District Court held Standard wrongly denied a Network Technician’s disability benefits. Under de novo review, the Court determined the ...
Ulcers
- Diabetes Disability Claim Against Reliance Standard
  A diabetes disability claim with your insurance company can be hard to win. Our disability insurance attorneys recently handled an appeal based on ...
United of Omaha
- California Court Finds United of Omaha Applied Wrong Standard When Denying Widow Her Late Husband's Disability Benefits from Liver Cancer
  A Court in California found United of Omaha applied the wrong standard when denying widow her late husband’s disability benefits. Matthew Lyttle was a ...
United of Omaha Life Insurance
- Dabdoub Law Firm Secures Long Term Disability Benefits for Stroke Patient
  Dabdoub Law Firm has been able to once again secure long term disability benefits for a client in need. In this recent case, our client had suffered a ...
UNUM
- UNUM Applied Wrong Definition of Occupation for Interventional Radiologist in New Jersey
  UNUM misapplied the definition of occupation for an interventional radiologist in New Jersey which resulted in his benefits being terminated. He ...
Utah
- A Utah Trial Attorney's LTD was Denied by Unum After Having Post-Op Chronic Chest Pains
  A Utah court found that Unum wrongly terminated a former trial attorney’s ERISA group disability claim based on chronic chest pain post-quadruple ...
Vermont
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Claimant Wins Court Case
  Complex regional pain syndrome left a man disabled. His insurance company, Reliance Standard, terminated his benefits after two years. The claimant ...
Vice President
- California Court Finds United of Omaha Applied Wrong Standard When Denying Widow Her Late Husband's Disability Benefits from Liver Cancer
  A Court in California found United of Omaha applied the wrong standard when denying widow her late husband’s disability benefits. Matthew Lyttle was a ...
Virginia
- CIGNA Approves Disability Appeal for Client in Manassas, Virginia with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
  CIGNA Approves Disability Appeal for Client in Manassas, Virginia with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome CIGNA approved our appeal for a client in Manassas, ...
Vision Impairment
- Aetna Loses in Oklahoma Court for Failure to Consider Reliable Evidence
  Aetna lost in a Oklahoma Court for failure to consider reliable evidence and ignored the treating physicians opinions. The claimant, Ms. Redden, filed ...
Washington
- MetLife Wrongly Denied Disability Benefits of Analyst in Seattle, WA
  A federal court held MetLife wrongly denied disability benefits of a former Bank of America quality analyst in Seattle, Washington . Thus, the court ...
Weakness
- Florida District Court Finds Reliance Standard Wrong in Denying OB/GYN's Long-Term Disability Benefits
  A Florida District Court held that Reliance Standard wrongfully denied an OB/GYN’s long-term disability benefits for a claimant suffering from chronic ...